Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread

[MidnightZA]

These are the latest on the 2 ongoing faults.


Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Waterbessie | Down
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697296
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 02:01
Impact: Down

Outage Update
-- Power outage
-- Services remain down, Teams are investigating
-- Team is still investigating
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.

Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Richard's Bay | Partial | Degraded Services
Service Type: FTTH / FTTB
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697515
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 06:28
Impact: Degraded

Outage Update
-- Logged to ME.
-- Teams are investigating.
-- Team is still investigating.
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.
-- Vendor L1 team could not identify cause.
-- Fault escalated to vendor L2 team to check further.
-- Vendor teams still investigating further.

Any ETA in the fix? I have very limited access. Wife is working from home and mobile data is expensive. We need the fibre back asap

 

[AfriNatic]

Any ETA in the fix? I have very limited access. Wife is working from home and mobile data is expensive. We need the fibre back asap

Unfortunately there isn't any ETA at the moment. The outages are still ongoing.

There is unfortunately a new partial outage.

New Outage

Outage title: Outage | ERM | Arboretum | OLT 1 | LC4 | Down
Service Type: FTTB & FTTH
Outage ref (solid): FRG1698193
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 16:32
Impact: Down

Outage Update
20-12-2021
-- Logged to Maintenance.

 

[MidnightZA]

Unfortunately there isn't any ETA at the moment. The outages are still ongoing.

There is unfortunately a new partial outage.

New Outage

Outage title: Outage | ERM | Arboretum | OLT 1 | LC4 | Down
Service Type: FTTB & FTTH
Outage ref (solid): FRG1698193
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 16:32
Impact: Down

Outage Update
20-12-2021
-- Logged to Maintenance.

The issue at my place (in Arboretum) started this morning.

We have had a few outages in the last few weeks. It's quite sad to see service decline like this after months of zero issues.

Does afrihost have other options besides frogfoot in my complex?

 

[AfriNatic]

The issue at my place (in Arboretum) started this morning.

We have had a few outages in the last few weeks. It's quite sad to see service decline like this after months of zero issues.

Does afrihost have other options besides frogfoot in my complex?

This is the latest update that came through now. There is unfortunately no ETA currently.

Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Richard's Bay | Partial | Degraded Services       
Service Type: FTTH / FTTB
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697515   
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 06:28
Impact: Degraded

Outage Update
-- Logged to ME.
-- Teams are investigating.
-- Team is still investigating.
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.
-- Vendor L1 team could not identify cause.
-- Fault escalated to vendor L2 team to check further.
-- Vendor teams still investigating further.
-- IP Core still on the line with vendor. No ETTR yet, cause not known at present.

Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Waterbessie | Down       
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697296
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 02:01
Impact: Down

Outage Update
-- Power outage
-- Services remain down, Teams are investigating
-- Team is still investigating
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.
-- IP Core still on the line with vendor. No ETTR yet, cause not known at present.

In terms of alternatives I believe Vodacom fibre is also rolled out in Richards Bay not sure if they are rolled out in your complex or just the free standing houses.

 

[justin6282]

@AfriNatic I have an odd issue. I dont think its Afrihost related though.

I have a Dlink DIR806A modem, almost everytime there is a connection issue the modem will factory reset. I dont know how or why its doing that or even how to sort it out. I just to the "first start up" configs on the modem then restore my backup of the config file.

I tried manually factory resetting the modem and that didnt help. It resets about 2 or 3 times a week. It takes 5 min to restore the backup but its such a PITA to keep doing it.

Any idea what could be the issue? Im close to yeeting that Dlink modem out the window and switching to the Huawei AX3

Have a few spare routers. Not the best but should do the job.

 

[MidnightZA]

Have a few spare routers. Not the best but should do the job.

I got a Huawei AX3. It's a very good modem but the wifi signal strength is almost half that of the Dlink. I posted about it long ago in this very thread.

I need to get another AX3 and create a mesh upstairs. To get full coverage

 

[moedawood]

Hi, I had a question. I’m using a streaming service with getflix and today there is some serious buffering. Is there any reason for this? The service is US based.

 

[justin6282]

I got a Huawei AX3. It's a very good modem but the wifi signal strength is almost half that of the Dlink. I posted about it long ago in this very thread.

I need to get another AX3 and create a mesh upstairs. To get full coverage

Shout if you need a hand. Invested in a Asus Ax88u and it was the best decision I've made. Covers the entire house and signal and speed does not drop at all when the Fibre is stable.

 

[justin6282]

Hi, I had a question. I’m using a streaming service with getflix and today there is some serious buffering. Is there any reason for this? The service is US based.

Where are u based? Kzn, Ray area? If so this is yr issue if u are on Frogfoot infrastructure

 

[moedawood]

Where are u based? Kzn, Ray area? If so this is yr issue if u are on Frogfoot infrastructure

KZN, using Mitsol. 500Mbps

 

[justin6282]

KZN, using Mitsol. 500Mbps

Would not know. Maybe it's the service itself. Is it a paid service?

 

[AfriNatic]

Hi, I had a question. I’m using a streaming service with getflix and today there is some serious buffering. Is there any reason for this? The service is US based.

Hey,

Do you have a trace route to the server that is serving the content?

 

[moedawood]

Would not know. Maybe it's the service itself. Is it a paid service?

It’s paid

 

[moedawood]

Hey,

Do you have a trace route to the server that is serving the content?

I don’t have a wired trace. One done via wifi

 

[moedawood]

 

[moedawood]

Would not know. Maybe it's the service itself. Is it a paid service?

It’s Paramount+

 

[justin6282]

Unfortunately there isn't any ETA at the moment. The outages are still ongoing.

There is unfortunately a new partial outage.

New Outage

Outage title: Outage | ERM | Arboretum | OLT 1 | LC4 | Down
Service Type: FTTB & FTTH
Outage ref (solid): FRG1698193
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 16:32
Impact: Down

Outage Update
20-12-2021
-- Logged to Maintenance.

Internet is back, speeds seem to be ok. Ping and Jitter are out of wack

 

[justin6282]

This is the latest update that came through now. There is unfortunately no ETA currently.

Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Richard's Bay | Partial | Degraded Services     
Service Type: FTTH / FTTB
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697515 
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 06:28
Impact: Degraded

Outage Update
-- Logged to ME.
-- Teams are investigating.
-- Team is still investigating.
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.
-- Vendor L1 team could not identify cause.
-- Fault escalated to vendor L2 team to check further.
-- Vendor teams still investigating further.
-- IP Core still on the line with vendor. No ETTR yet, cause not known at present.

Outage Update

Outage title: Outage | DBN | Waterbessie | Down     
Outage ref (solid): FRG1697296
Impact start time: 2021-12-20 02:01
Impact: Down

Outage Update
-- Power outage
-- Services remain down, Teams are investigating
-- Team is still investigating
-- Core team in session with hardware vendor to troubleshoot.
-- IP Core still on the line with vendor. No ETTR yet, cause not known at present.

In terms of alternatives I believe Vodacom fibre is also rolled out in Richards Bay not sure if they are rolled out in your complex or just the free standing houses.

Internet is back, speeds seem to be ok. Ping and Jitter are out of wack

See a few people still complaining in my area. Low speeds and some have no internet. Has traffic been redirected?

 

[AfriNatic]

See a few people still complaining in my area. Low speeds and some have no internet. Has traffic been redirected?

Morning,

The outages were resolved last night and we were asked to log tickets for clients experiencing issues.

I already have an open ticket for you.

Can you send me a speedtest?

 

[AfriNatic]

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Morning,

Are the content served from that server?